mucus; mucilage; viscous liquid; phlegm
web (between fingers or toes); paddle; paddle blade
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
gong (instrument); gong (sound at the end of round, etc.)
challenging (an unknown person); asking a person's identity
to challenge (a person) to a fight
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
in deep black; in jet black
smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion
downy hair; down; vellus hair; lanugo
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
regulation cap; school cap
overcoat; exceeding; going over; exaggerated; over the top; over par
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
(another's) daughter; young lady
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
unselfish; disinterested; unavaricious; free of avarice
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
mountains and rivers; natural surroundings
state; country; nation; tutelary deity; god of grain
throwaway; disposable; single-use
superlative; extraordinary; mega; superdreadnought (class of warships)
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
from the viewpoint of; according to
ingenuity; resourcefulness
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
to run swiftly; to dash; to rush; to race